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School that survived militancy buckled under deluge

September 3, 2015 Editor

It survived the turbulent years of militancy, but today DAV school has turned into an abandoned “ghost house” as the school management and the state government have failed to restore the institution after September floods. Established in 1969 at Jawahar Nagar here, DAV school served as one of the prestigious learning institutions of the Valley till it was hit by the floods. “We were given discharge certificate and told to find a new school. There were already fewer students… the school administration played with our future,” said one of the…

Authorities sit on violation of official timings by private schools

September 2, 2015 Editor

In violation of norms, many private schools in the summer capital are violating official school timings—subjecting students to inconvenience. The DSEK has notified the official timings in schools within municipal limits of Srinagar from 9 am to 3 pm. While outside the city municipal limits, the schools have been directed to function from 10 am to 4 pm. However, in brazen violation of norms, some private schools in the City open the schools early morning—subjecting students of lower class to inconvenience. DSEK had last month warned of strict action against…

‘Background checks essential before hiring school staff’

September 2, 2015 Editor

A body of private schools in Kashmir has decided to carry out background checks before hiring any staff including teachers and drivers. “No school shall henceforth appoint or utilise the services of any staffer — teacher, lecturer, driver, etc — without the proper verification of the antecedents of the person concerned. The employee shall be appointed only after an NOC issued by his or her previous employer,” Joint Committee of Private Schools (JCPS) said in a statement today. The JCPS also decided that the merit and qualification shall be given…

Centre delays scholarship to students under PMSSS

September 1, 2015 Editor

There seems to be no end to the miseries of JK students pursuing different degrees under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in outside State colleges. A group of students who are pursuing B Tech degrees in SGT Institute of Engineering and Technology Gurgaon (Haryana) said Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has denied the scholarships to them during the last year of their degrees. “We never faced such problems during past years, but this year MHRD didn’t release our scholarships forcing college authorities to take extreme steps,” a group…

Over 12,000 candidates appear in Combined Competitive Exam

August 31, 2015 Editor

Over 12,000 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir appeared in the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination on Sunday which were held in two sessions at 26 centres across the state. “A total of 12208 candidates appeared in the examinations which were conducted smoothly,” Shakeel -ul-Rehman, Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) – which conducted the examination, told PTI. Rehman said a total of 20180 candidates had applied for the examination, out of which 460 were found to be ineligible. “19720 candidates were eligible to sit in the examinations which were…

Noida university expels 30 JK students – PMSSS Fiasco

August 28, 2015 Editor

In a grim reminder about the abject failure of Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), a Noida based university has expelled at least 30 students from Jammu and Kashmir after Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India failed to release the scholarship amount in their favour. “They asked us to leave the university campus as well as the hostel accommodation instead of pursuing the matter with MHRD for early clearance of the pending scholarship amount,” complained the students studying in Noida International University. August 23 was a tough night…

Students, BGSBU administration at loggerheads

August 26, 2015 Editor

The situation at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) is far from getting normal as the students, citing violation of agreement by university officials, have resumed their strike. The officials have termed the strike as unjustified as according to them all the demands of students were met. “We had decided to end the strike following an agreement with university officials in which they conceded our demand to suspend the registrar BGSBU Mohammad Rashid Chowdhary,” said a student representative. “But on Monday when we resumed our classes, we were astonished to…

Schools asked to do away with ‘barring process’ in class 10, 12

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 Editor

Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar, Monday said the state government has asked the educational institutions to do away with the practice of barring the students from appearing in 10th and 12th class examinations to improve results. “All the heads of educational institutions have been directed not to detain any student for his/her poor performance in the Golden Test,” the Minister said while speaking at a function at Government Higher Secondary School Aragam. MLC, Yasir Reshi, Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Sajjad Hussain Ganai, Director School Education Kashmir, Dr Shah Faesal, SSP Bandipora,…

50 colleges in JK without buildings

August 24, 2015 Editor

Belying the tall claims of successive regimes of Jammu and Kashmir over upgradation of infrastructure in education sector, as many as 50 percent colleges in the state are without buildings. Around 41 degree colleges have been approved under different centrally sponsored schemes and state plans from 2008 and 2011. However all of them are without government building facilities and are functioning from makeshift structures. The Government of India in year 2008 approved ten colleges for the state under Prime Minister’s reconstruction Plan (PMRP) phase II. However the buildings of all…

2 ReT teachers resign in Kupwara following Scrutiny of degree certificates

August 22, 2015 Editor

Two Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have resigned from their services following verification of their degree certificates initiated by the government. Officials in the department said the resignation of duo was accepted by the higher authorities. They said the teachers had allegedly obtained their degrees from outside state and had apprehensions of departmental action for the act. The teachers include one, who was engaged as ReT on 1 March, 2011and posted in Government Upper Primary School (UPS) Khanabal, while another was posted at Upper Primary School Budi…